tonight---
i saw Myung Mi Kim! and i will see her tomorrow, too.
and
Cecil Taylor said:
"We're all just plants moving faster than others"
and Renee Gladman read.
and i'm tired. and my foot is killing me. and we teach in the morning. yay! poetry all day tomorrow [and free food!]
gotta give some love to DUKE... [and maggie, tony tost, keith, and FRED MOTEN... and JOE DONAHUE... and PRISCILLA WARD... for making it happen!]
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
i was the final judge for this year!
Indy's poetry contest
// picture was taken the day of my 20k.... yes. i am that tired. and yes. it does hurt that bad. i hate all pictures of me this week //
Indy's poetry contest
// picture was taken the day of my 20k.... yes. i am that tired. and yes. it does hurt that bad. i hate all pictures of me this week //
this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
A NOTE TO STUDENTS THINKING ABOUT TAKING OUR WORKSHOP ON FRIDAY [SCROLL DOWN FOR DESCRIPTION]:
PLEASE SIGN UP WITH REBECCA! WE WERE TOLD 6-8 STUDENTS AND WE HAVE PLANNED ACCORDINGLY. WE WOULD HATE TO HAVE TO TURN YOU AWAY!!!! SO, PLEASE, SIGN UP! THANKS AND WE WILL HAVE SO MUCH FUN!
Undergraduates Graduates Faculty & Staff Community Resources
Infection in the Sentence: A Festival of Poetry
Feb. 26 - 28, 2009
Conference participants include: Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Christian Bök,
Kamau Brathwaite, Brent Edwards, Renee Gladman, Susan Howe,
Myung Mi Kim,Tracie Morris, Eileen Myles, Jed Rasula,
Cecil Taylor, and Cecilia Vicuña
Thursday 2/26
8 pm; Richard White Auditorium
Session I: Cecil Taylor & Kamau Brathwaite, with Renee Gladman as curator
Friday 2/27
Workshops for Duke students will be held in Trent Hall Friday morning. Scroll down for more details!
10 - 12:30; Franklin Center, room 240
Session II: Myung Mi Kim & Cecilia Vicuña, with Brent Edwards as curator
12:30 break for lunch
2 - 4:30; Franklin Center, room 240
Session III: Susan Howe & Eileen Myles, with Rachel Blau DuPlessis as curator
Saturday 2/28
10 -12:30; Franklin Center, room 240
Session IV: Christian Bök & Tracie Morris, with Jed Rasula as curator
_________________________________________________________
Student Workshops Friday morning (2/27)
To sign up: rsvp to English Department (so we know how many donuts to get):
684-2203 or email rebecca.gibson@duke.edu
1) Chris Vitiello & Kate Pringle
9:30 - 11:30 am; Trent Hall 038a
The Conceptual Scavenger Hunt: Permissive Poetry
Two teams of students will be armed with a Polaroid, one pack of film, a pen, and 10 clues [ie, 'a tiny infinitude' or 'fall without downfall']. The teams will have 45 minutes to photograph, sketch, and write to each clue. Collaborative books will be made and discussion will follow.
2) Tessa Joseph
10 - 11:30 am; Trent Hall 039a
A Thing You Can Make With Words: Object, Image, Poem, and Self in the Digital Age Is your facebook profile the best poem you've ever written? Or are you happier in pen and ink? In this workshop, we will consider new poetries on the page, digital multimedia poetry, online poetry journals, poetry blogs, and popular technologies of selfhood and friendship like facebook and MySpace. We'll think about the way poetry and self are constructed both on the page and online, examining the materiality of the page versus the screen, the blog versus the diary, and especially the phenomena of authorship, selfhood, and community as they are constructed by and through new and old media. Both the tech-savvy and the tech-resistant are encouraged to attend! Bring a laptop if possible, though--we'll be improvising work to put on the page and/or online.
3) Brian Howe
10 - 11 am; Trent Hall 040
Thermopoetics: On the Transferal of Energy Between Texts and Media
In a one hour workshop, students will be guided through the creation of an "infinite" text. Techniques that will be demonstrated included my own F7 technique (i.e. the students will corrupt the language of their texts and use MS Word's spellchecker to revise them), the Oulipoean "N+7" technique, Google-sculpting, etc. Collaborative editing and/or digital remixing will be practiced and/or discussed. The emphasis of the exercises will be re-use, alternative strategies for creating, and circumventing "writer's block." Students should bring a laptop, and a dictionary if possible.
Students are very welcome to join us for the conference sessions, too, as your schedules allow!
___________________________________
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PLEASE SIGN UP WITH REBECCA! WE WERE TOLD 6-8 STUDENTS AND WE HAVE PLANNED ACCORDINGLY. WE WOULD HATE TO HAVE TO TURN YOU AWAY!!!! SO, PLEASE, SIGN UP! THANKS AND WE WILL HAVE SO MUCH FUN!
Undergraduates Graduates Faculty & Staff Community Resources
Infection in the Sentence: A Festival of Poetry
Feb. 26 - 28, 2009
Conference participants include: Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Christian Bök,
Kamau Brathwaite, Brent Edwards, Renee Gladman, Susan Howe,
Myung Mi Kim,Tracie Morris, Eileen Myles, Jed Rasula,
Cecil Taylor, and Cecilia Vicuña
Thursday 2/26
8 pm; Richard White Auditorium
Session I: Cecil Taylor & Kamau Brathwaite, with Renee Gladman as curator
Friday 2/27
Workshops for Duke students will be held in Trent Hall Friday morning. Scroll down for more details!
10 - 12:30; Franklin Center, room 240
Session II: Myung Mi Kim & Cecilia Vicuña, with Brent Edwards as curator
12:30 break for lunch
2 - 4:30; Franklin Center, room 240
Session III: Susan Howe & Eileen Myles, with Rachel Blau DuPlessis as curator
Saturday 2/28
10 -12:30; Franklin Center, room 240
Session IV: Christian Bök & Tracie Morris, with Jed Rasula as curator
_________________________________________________________
Student Workshops Friday morning (2/27)
To sign up: rsvp to English Department (so we know how many donuts to get):
684-2203 or email rebecca.gibson@duke.edu
1) Chris Vitiello & Kate Pringle
9:30 - 11:30 am; Trent Hall 038a
The Conceptual Scavenger Hunt: Permissive Poetry
Two teams of students will be armed with a Polaroid, one pack of film, a pen, and 10 clues [ie, 'a tiny infinitude' or 'fall without downfall']. The teams will have 45 minutes to photograph, sketch, and write to each clue. Collaborative books will be made and discussion will follow.
2) Tessa Joseph
10 - 11:30 am; Trent Hall 039a
A Thing You Can Make With Words: Object, Image, Poem, and Self in the Digital Age Is your facebook profile the best poem you've ever written? Or are you happier in pen and ink? In this workshop, we will consider new poetries on the page, digital multimedia poetry, online poetry journals, poetry blogs, and popular technologies of selfhood and friendship like facebook and MySpace. We'll think about the way poetry and self are constructed both on the page and online, examining the materiality of the page versus the screen, the blog versus the diary, and especially the phenomena of authorship, selfhood, and community as they are constructed by and through new and old media. Both the tech-savvy and the tech-resistant are encouraged to attend! Bring a laptop if possible, though--we'll be improvising work to put on the page and/or online.
3) Brian Howe
10 - 11 am; Trent Hall 040
Thermopoetics: On the Transferal of Energy Between Texts and Media
In a one hour workshop, students will be guided through the creation of an "infinite" text. Techniques that will be demonstrated included my own F7 technique (i.e. the students will corrupt the language of their texts and use MS Word's spellchecker to revise them), the Oulipoean "N+7" technique, Google-sculpting, etc. Collaborative editing and/or digital remixing will be practiced and/or discussed. The emphasis of the exercises will be re-use, alternative strategies for creating, and circumventing "writer's block." Students should bring a laptop, and a dictionary if possible.
Students are very welcome to join us for the conference sessions, too, as your schedules allow!
___________________________________
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Back to the English Department Community Page
English Home | A&S Home | Duke.edu | Other English Resources
© 2007 Web Solutions Team
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
the lab says:
History: 36-year-old female with left foot pain
Comparison: None
Findings and Impression:
AP, oblique, and lateral views of the left foot demonstrate no fracture
or dislocation. There is no soft tissue abnormality. There is no
subcutaneous emphysema or radiopaque foreign bodies.
Comparison: None
Findings and Impression:
AP, oblique, and lateral views of the left foot demonstrate no fracture
or dislocation. There is no soft tissue abnormality. There is no
subcutaneous emphysema or radiopaque foreign bodies.
Monday, February 23, 2009
i still have a cramp in my foot.
i'm going to the doctor in the morning to have it looked at.
this will be my first doctor visit in 2009.
not bad for a hypochondriac.
if the cramp would ease up then i'd say, hey... i'm all good...
but, nope... that cramp is hanging on.
*
so, let's talk about speed.
so, i've been running for one year now. a year ago is was hard for me to run 2 miles without stopping. Saturday i ran 12.4 without stopping. but, slower than i'd like.
part of this slowness [i averaged 12 minute miles for the whole race.... i am capable of 8 min miles for up to 6 miles...] is due to self-doubt. something always seems to get in the way of training... so i never really train on speed AND distance... i end up choosing a conservative pace because i want to cross the finish line.
if i have not hurt myself very badly [CRAMP]... i am going to aim for speed and distance this month.
my speed improved by 30 minutes between my race in November and my race Saturday. i'd like to run my next half-marathon in 2 hours. this is a realistic goal, i think. provided i am uninjured.
having never been an athletic type until this last year, i don't have lofty aspirations. i don't aim to win these races. just finish them. and improve.
so.
eventually it would be great to get under two hours for the half.
but, for now... i'm aiming for 2.
*
poetry-wise it is "in the news" week for me.
you'll see.
*
what else?
i'm hungry.
i'm going to the doctor in the morning to have it looked at.
this will be my first doctor visit in 2009.
not bad for a hypochondriac.
if the cramp would ease up then i'd say, hey... i'm all good...
but, nope... that cramp is hanging on.
*
so, let's talk about speed.
so, i've been running for one year now. a year ago is was hard for me to run 2 miles without stopping. Saturday i ran 12.4 without stopping. but, slower than i'd like.
part of this slowness [i averaged 12 minute miles for the whole race.... i am capable of 8 min miles for up to 6 miles...] is due to self-doubt. something always seems to get in the way of training... so i never really train on speed AND distance... i end up choosing a conservative pace because i want to cross the finish line.
if i have not hurt myself very badly [CRAMP]... i am going to aim for speed and distance this month.
my speed improved by 30 minutes between my race in November and my race Saturday. i'd like to run my next half-marathon in 2 hours. this is a realistic goal, i think. provided i am uninjured.
having never been an athletic type until this last year, i don't have lofty aspirations. i don't aim to win these races. just finish them. and improve.
so.
eventually it would be great to get under two hours for the half.
but, for now... i'm aiming for 2.
*
poetry-wise it is "in the news" week for me.
you'll see.
*
what else?
i'm hungry.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
One day in my life.
Yesterday was an especially challenging and inspiring day.
[That was probably the most sentimental you will read from me unless one of my dearest friends--i gush over my dearest ones, and my favorite poets, all the time...]
Running long distances gives my body and brain a collaborative project--much like writing poetry. And reading [[all kinds of reading is meant]].
I have struggled most of my life with feeling WHOLE... making my brain and body one BODY... and running gives me that. poetry can give me that. and they can take it away, too.
anyway.
last night, after the run, the victory breakfast, the shower, the rest, the eating... i went to
The So and So Series in Raleigh to hear
Rachel Blau DuPlessis * Elisa Gabbert * Tony Tost
read.
a bunch of us Durham folk were there... and that was most excellent, as was the relaxed feeling i got from knowing i had NOTHING to do with the reading! i wasn't hosting. i wasn't reading. this has become a rare occurrence the past couple years.
of course, i was still relaxed [and footcrampedrightquadcharliehorsed] from the race.
it was cool to hear Elisa read [she has a poem in which she talks about there being no GOOD bars in San Francisco.... ahem]
and Tony, of course [though he's still dissing Complex Sleep...]
and Rachel.
i have to say Rachel, besides being one of my new most favorite people in Durham, blew my mind.
this poem Draft 89 did it.
you know i keep quiet about the mechanics of my brain on poetry. and i will continue to do so.
it isn't because i'm shy or nervous about it... it is because i don't want to share. it is like running-- a solitary and, yeah, spiritual experience.
i bet running and
poetry are much like death [not dying]
this poem, Draft 89... really got into my head, and body...
i went to bed thinking about it
i woke up at 5:30 this morning
thinking about it
i'm STILL thinking about it
i may have to write to it
i may have to gush over Rachel Blau DuPlessis every time i see her for the rest of my life.
but, she would deserve it... what a gift... how often can a poem get you like this one got me?
it is rare.
[That was probably the most sentimental you will read from me unless one of my dearest friends--i gush over my dearest ones, and my favorite poets, all the time...]
Running long distances gives my body and brain a collaborative project--much like writing poetry. And reading [[all kinds of reading is meant]].
I have struggled most of my life with feeling WHOLE... making my brain and body one BODY... and running gives me that. poetry can give me that. and they can take it away, too.
anyway.
last night, after the run, the victory breakfast, the shower, the rest, the eating... i went to
The So and So Series in Raleigh to hear
Rachel Blau DuPlessis * Elisa Gabbert * Tony Tost
read.
a bunch of us Durham folk were there... and that was most excellent, as was the relaxed feeling i got from knowing i had NOTHING to do with the reading! i wasn't hosting. i wasn't reading. this has become a rare occurrence the past couple years.
of course, i was still relaxed [and footcrampedrightquadcharliehorsed] from the race.
it was cool to hear Elisa read [she has a poem in which she talks about there being no GOOD bars in San Francisco.... ahem]
and Tony, of course [though he's still dissing Complex Sleep...]
and Rachel.
i have to say Rachel, besides being one of my new most favorite people in Durham, blew my mind.
this poem Draft 89 did it.
you know i keep quiet about the mechanics of my brain on poetry. and i will continue to do so.
it isn't because i'm shy or nervous about it... it is because i don't want to share. it is like running-- a solitary and, yeah, spiritual experience.
i bet running and
poetry are much like death [not dying]
this poem, Draft 89... really got into my head, and body...
i went to bed thinking about it
i woke up at 5:30 this morning
thinking about it
i'm STILL thinking about it
i may have to write to it
i may have to gush over Rachel Blau DuPlessis every time i see her for the rest of my life.
but, she would deserve it... what a gift... how often can a poem get you like this one got me?
it is rare.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
the race dlow:
1. my shoe DID come untied. once. at the beginning. probably my bad.
2. 12.4 miles of HILLS. never-ending HILLS. like, somehow it was always UPhill...
3. beautiful, beautiful day. really nice. met a few nice folks, too.
4. jamie and i stuck together.
5. got a foot cramp at the end... i also REALLY need to work on my left shin muscle... it is wimpy.
[i think that my left leg is weaker than my right... i can tell by my right foot seeming more beaten up than my left and my wimpy left shin... to the gym!]
6. i ate one of the powerbar liquidy things. think chocolate frosting mixed with mud.
7. shaved half an hour of my half-marathon time.
next race is March 28th, 13.1 miles!
i am eating reasonably today, too. no whole pizzas. oatmeal w. bananas post-race, cereal and a half a bagel two hours later, steak, sweet potato, and salad for dinner. lots of fluids. water and then water mixed with V8 berry 100% juice... and a little G.
i am sore. yes.
my foot still cramps.
i've been stretching a lot.
going to see Rachel BDP, Tony T, and... Elisa G? i think... tonight in Raleigh....
woot!
1. my shoe DID come untied. once. at the beginning. probably my bad.
2. 12.4 miles of HILLS. never-ending HILLS. like, somehow it was always UPhill...
3. beautiful, beautiful day. really nice. met a few nice folks, too.
4. jamie and i stuck together.
5. got a foot cramp at the end... i also REALLY need to work on my left shin muscle... it is wimpy.
[i think that my left leg is weaker than my right... i can tell by my right foot seeming more beaten up than my left and my wimpy left shin... to the gym!]
6. i ate one of the powerbar liquidy things. think chocolate frosting mixed with mud.
7. shaved half an hour of my half-marathon time.
next race is March 28th, 13.1 miles!
i am eating reasonably today, too. no whole pizzas. oatmeal w. bananas post-race, cereal and a half a bagel two hours later, steak, sweet potato, and salad for dinner. lots of fluids. water and then water mixed with V8 berry 100% juice... and a little G.
i am sore. yes.
my foot still cramps.
i've been stretching a lot.
going to see Rachel BDP, Tony T, and... Elisa G? i think... tonight in Raleigh....
woot!
Friday, February 20, 2009
for 32 years i have been tying my shoes the WRONG way.
yes. until this very morning ladies and gentlemen... i have been using the ole bunny ear technique to tie my shoes... and retie my shoes... over and over... but, now... i know better.
just in time for my 20K tomorrow morning.
and here you go, i will share this with you, my dear friends.
just in time for my 20K tomorrow morning.
and here you go, i will share this with you, my dear friends.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
my bad....
from The Discovery of Poetry:
The Public Voice
When the speaker is "we," the poet presumes to speak for himself [sic] and others. "We" can be intimate, but usually "we" indicates that the poet will be concerned with a cultural or historical subject with broad scope and conclusions. The U.S. Constitution begins, "We the people..." and "we" intends to represent all citizens. A poem that uses this kind of "we" is a public voice poem. The public voice speaks for a group of believers or participants in a common situation. The poet therefore wants a larger platform than a personal voice would offer. The choice of "we" stakes out a different territory than "I." Twentieth-century poets are less willing to venture to speak from the broad, homogeneous religious and political viewpoints that poets of earlier times took for granted. The plurality of our culture makes "we" a difficult choice.
***
for the record... my WE is [usually] plurality.
The Public Voice
When the speaker is "we," the poet presumes to speak for himself [sic] and others. "We" can be intimate, but usually "we" indicates that the poet will be concerned with a cultural or historical subject with broad scope and conclusions. The U.S. Constitution begins, "We the people..." and "we" intends to represent all citizens. A poem that uses this kind of "we" is a public voice poem. The public voice speaks for a group of believers or participants in a common situation. The poet therefore wants a larger platform than a personal voice would offer. The choice of "we" stakes out a different territory than "I." Twentieth-century poets are less willing to venture to speak from the broad, homogeneous religious and political viewpoints that poets of earlier times took for granted. The plurality of our culture makes "we" a difficult choice.
***
for the record... my WE is [usually] plurality.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
i ate a piece of chocolate cake.
it was fairly good.
basketball is on TV.
i was thinking today on my 8-mile run that in 6 months it will be a 20-mile run.
that will take a chunk out of my weekends. eh? at least 4 hours of running.
DAMN!
i'll be burning 2000 calories... hmn...
i will have to eat whole pizzas.
and then: the full marathon. i'm aiming for OUTER BANKS. relatively flat. the ocean. 26.2 miles.
will need yellow bananas for sure.
and WHOLE PIZZAS.
i run because i love to eat. there. it works.
it was fairly good.
basketball is on TV.
i was thinking today on my 8-mile run that in 6 months it will be a 20-mile run.
that will take a chunk out of my weekends. eh? at least 4 hours of running.
DAMN!
i'll be burning 2000 calories... hmn...
i will have to eat whole pizzas.
and then: the full marathon. i'm aiming for OUTER BANKS. relatively flat. the ocean. 26.2 miles.
will need yellow bananas for sure.
and WHOLE PIZZAS.
i run because i love to eat. there. it works.
8 miles this morning. Felt pretty good.
i have to figure out my shin muscle issue... the first two miles, or uphill... hurts... and it is the muscle, on the outsides of my shins, not insides [which would mean shin splints...]
had to be a last-minute judge for a poetry contest.
my day feels.... like i've done enough?
have to find my transcripts.
fix myself a baked potato, spinach, and steak for dinner.
i ran 8 miles on pavement this morning.
next saturday is the 20k. [that's 12 miles.]
i think i'm going to lay down and read Infinite Jest some. maybe nap. [again.]
tomorrow is not a holiday for me. have to head into work.
am working on the novel and a poem, too. but. slowly. SLOWly.
xo
i have to figure out my shin muscle issue... the first two miles, or uphill... hurts... and it is the muscle, on the outsides of my shins, not insides [which would mean shin splints...]
had to be a last-minute judge for a poetry contest.
my day feels.... like i've done enough?
have to find my transcripts.
fix myself a baked potato, spinach, and steak for dinner.
i ran 8 miles on pavement this morning.
next saturday is the 20k. [that's 12 miles.]
i think i'm going to lay down and read Infinite Jest some. maybe nap. [again.]
tomorrow is not a holiday for me. have to head into work.
am working on the novel and a poem, too. but. slowly. SLOWly.
xo
Friday, February 13, 2009
yesterday ran 6 miles.
4 miles around 8 minutes and the other two around 9-10.
that's the fastest. so far.
race is next Saturday.
i'm tired. and eating like a piglet.
i'm SO TIRED.
had a dinner//writing date w/ Di. we didn't write-write but we wrote-wrote.
i'm... going to bed. damn.
Sunday is 8 miles. then run run run then rest rest then race then PANCAKES. a week off. then training for half-marathon in Raleigh. then Tulsa. then NY. then Providence. then half-marathon in Providence. then a week off. then some time of joy running. then training for full marathon in November.
i love running.
somewhere in there i will finish another poetry ms and my novel.
and work.
maybe even date again? no.
who has time to date?
4 miles around 8 minutes and the other two around 9-10.
that's the fastest. so far.
race is next Saturday.
i'm tired. and eating like a piglet.
i'm SO TIRED.
had a dinner//writing date w/ Di. we didn't write-write but we wrote-wrote.
i'm... going to bed. damn.
Sunday is 8 miles. then run run run then rest rest then race then PANCAKES. a week off. then training for half-marathon in Raleigh. then Tulsa. then NY. then Providence. then half-marathon in Providence. then a week off. then some time of joy running. then training for full marathon in November.
i love running.
somewhere in there i will finish another poetry ms and my novel.
and work.
maybe even date again? no.
who has time to date?
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
San Francisco
o, this will be brief... i'm still recovering from the trip...
[the whole NFL play-off season seemed to be about how traveling from West to East was harder on the body than traveling from East to West. now. i know. it is true. i feel TORE UP.]
*
highlights [in no particular order]
* being picked up by Erin and taken immediately to the Mission for coffee and then the Beach for HUGE ASS WAVES and then the PC where i found Elise and Steve right where i left them two years ago...
* RAYZL reciting chinese poetry while taking a bath with her brother // LAISCH telling me all about echolocation [they are under three years old]
* Indian food with Stacy, Chet, E & the brilliant babies
* sleeping on E's futon, chatting with E into the wee hours
* running 8 [okay, fine, 75 minutes] with Jocelyn & Pony through Golden Gate park in a light drizzle
* reading with Jules Boykoff, one of my heroes, TWICE in one day
* drinking beer without remorse
* sleeping
* REALLY GOOD COFFEE EVERYWHERE
* meeting Jennifer Manzano and CS Perez... FINALLY
* seeing brandon mead, shira o'keefe, and jason snyder at my reading
* seeing steve hemenway
* chatting with alli warren about durham & SF
* seeing MN with his hair down!!!! o, yeah, and promising to resume the collab
* Kaia Sands reading at SPT
* talking to Stacy on the phone about Ganesh
* eating BURMESE FOOD, shopping at thrift stores, writing in Cafes, running into Ben Hollander
* FISH TACOS with MANGO SALSA
* running uphill on California from Battery to Powell [4 minutes, 30 seconds, very steep, had to rest a couple times]
*PATRICE!!!!!!
* CHINESE NEW YEAR PARADE!
* discussing echo and memory as time with Patrice
*OWEN!!!!
* massage...
* sea lions // photographs
* perfume
not-so-great SF stuff:
* urine and shit smells
* Indian food did NOT go over so well on the body....
* bruising my right calf while trekking through GG Park because i took my long sleeves off and tied around my waist with my cell in the pocket bouncing off my calf the entire time making UGLY
* drama drama drama // gossip gossip gossip [okay, i sorta liked it, too]
* too busy... too rushed... too much
* Somebody's mama was a little rowdy with her foot and my leg... ahem...
* not enough time
* losing my arm wrestling match [NEXT TIME...]
-------
i'm too tired. went running after work today... lifted weights... too... now i want to climb into bed with from Unincorporated Territory [HACHA] by craig santos perez ... //a GORGEOUS book, by the way... inside the words and out//
[the whole NFL play-off season seemed to be about how traveling from West to East was harder on the body than traveling from East to West. now. i know. it is true. i feel TORE UP.]
*
highlights [in no particular order]
* being picked up by Erin and taken immediately to the Mission for coffee and then the Beach for HUGE ASS WAVES and then the PC where i found Elise and Steve right where i left them two years ago...
* RAYZL reciting chinese poetry while taking a bath with her brother // LAISCH telling me all about echolocation [they are under three years old]
* Indian food with Stacy, Chet, E & the brilliant babies
* sleeping on E's futon, chatting with E into the wee hours
* running 8 [okay, fine, 75 minutes] with Jocelyn & Pony through Golden Gate park in a light drizzle
* reading with Jules Boykoff, one of my heroes, TWICE in one day
* drinking beer without remorse
* sleeping
* REALLY GOOD COFFEE EVERYWHERE
* meeting Jennifer Manzano and CS Perez... FINALLY
* seeing brandon mead, shira o'keefe, and jason snyder at my reading
* seeing steve hemenway
* chatting with alli warren about durham & SF
* seeing MN with his hair down!!!! o, yeah, and promising to resume the collab
* Kaia Sands reading at SPT
* talking to Stacy on the phone about Ganesh
* eating BURMESE FOOD, shopping at thrift stores, writing in Cafes, running into Ben Hollander
* FISH TACOS with MANGO SALSA
* running uphill on California from Battery to Powell [4 minutes, 30 seconds, very steep, had to rest a couple times]
*PATRICE!!!!!!
* CHINESE NEW YEAR PARADE!
* discussing echo and memory as time with Patrice
*OWEN!!!!
* massage...
* sea lions // photographs
* perfume
not-so-great SF stuff:
* urine and shit smells
* Indian food did NOT go over so well on the body....
* bruising my right calf while trekking through GG Park because i took my long sleeves off and tied around my waist with my cell in the pocket bouncing off my calf the entire time making UGLY
* drama drama drama // gossip gossip gossip [okay, i sorta liked it, too]
* too busy... too rushed... too much
* Somebody's mama was a little rowdy with her foot and my leg... ahem...
* not enough time
* losing my arm wrestling match [NEXT TIME...]
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i'm too tired. went running after work today... lifted weights... too... now i want to climb into bed with from Unincorporated Territory [HACHA] by craig santos perez ... //a GORGEOUS book, by the way... inside the words and out//
Monday, February 9, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
that was a good game.
and, probably the best Poets Superbowl Party EVER... [maybe because we had a graphic designer, historian, monkey enthusiast, and 9-year-old filmmaker with us, too]
now, to work.
going to be hard to concentrate...
two days to SF!
as soon as i land... friends to see...buildings to see... new places to RUN!
yes!
when i left SF i was a size 12.
now.
i'm a size 6!
SWEET!
and, probably the best Poets Superbowl Party EVER... [maybe because we had a graphic designer, historian, monkey enthusiast, and 9-year-old filmmaker with us, too]
now, to work.
going to be hard to concentrate...
two days to SF!
as soon as i land... friends to see...buildings to see... new places to RUN!
yes!
when i left SF i was a size 12.
now.
i'm a size 6!
SWEET!
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